Improvement in cartridges



G. SMITH.

CARTRIDGE.

' Patented Nov. 30,'1875'.

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GEORGE SMTH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l70,643, dated November30, 1875; application filed i November 13,1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SMITH, of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Self-ExtractingCartridge, of Which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of' a strong paper or straw-board tube or shell,in which the charge gun, to be dropped out after tiring.

The shell is to be used for shot-gun cartridges, and to contain bothpowder and shot,

or shot only, and will, by preference, be red from a strong metalliccase of the form of an ordinary metallic cartridge-case when used Withbreech-loading guns, for which it is mainiy designed ;l but it may beused with muzzle-loadin g guns.

'Figure l is a sectional elevation ot' my improved .cartridge and themetallic case used in firing it, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the wad.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents `the paper tube; B, the metallic wad at the inner end, andC the one at the- Aouter end. These wads have notched and .pointededges,v and they are made slightly larger than the interior of the papertube, so as to catch in the Walls of the same when pressed in the ends,and thereby be kept in position, so as to avoid the necessity of foldingin the ends of the tube,to make-a bead for retaining the wad, as is nowdone'with pay per shells, which involves the expense and labor ofkeeping a machine for makingfthe cartridges. Y

By this plan the sportsman can carry the material and make up hiscartridgesl any! Where.

Another important advantage of this plan is, that the shell is forcedout ot' the gun by' the explosion, which forces out the' Wad B, anddrives out the shell along withthe Wad C. D is the metal firing-case,with nipple E, for use withbreech-loading guns.

Having th us described my in vention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentwads B C' and the ,paper shell A, subtantiallyas specified. A GEO. SMITH, Witnesses:

T. B. Mosman, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

The combination, in a cartridge, of metallic`

